Testicle-support for stallions



(No'ModeL) J S. TAYLOR.

Testicle Support for Stallions. No. 238,2'61. Patented March 1,|ss1

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SERELL TAYLOR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TESTICLE SUPPORT FOR STALLIONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,261, dated March 1, 1881.

Application filed September 6, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SERELL TAYLOR, of Chicago, in the county of Cool: and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Testicle-Supports for Stallions, of which the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective representation of a testicle-support embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a section in the plane of the line as .10.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

In the drawings, A represents a perforated pouch or sack, adapted, as to size and form, to receive and support the testicles of stallions. buch pouches or sacks, made of india-rubber, have heretofore been made and used, and I do not here intend, therefore, to claim the same, broadly, but deem it preferable to employ that material in making the pouches, on account of its softness and flexibility or pliable nature.

B is a cylindrical rubber piece, made either tubular or solid, and applied to the edges of the pouch A, the edges being turned over and attached to the part B. By this means the elasticity of the pouch A is not restricted, as it would be, at least along its edges, if they were fastened to some non-elastic materialsuch as a strap of leather; besides, a broader or more blunt edge, and consequently oneless liable to chafe and irritate the animal, is formed than if the edges were either turned over a fiat piece or simply folded down upon the body of the pouch, so as not to present a raw edge.

0 G are rubber connecting-pieces attached to the corners of the pouch A, and D and D are leather straps applied to the ends of the pieces 0 O. The straps D D are adapted to pass forward and upward along the belly and sides of the animahand to be secured to the terrets, and the strap D is adapted to be fastened to the back-strap, the piece 0 passing between the hind legs of the animal. I deem it preferable to split the piece 0, as shown at a, so that it will receive the animals tail, which will thus help to keep the rear fastenings in their proper places.

The foregoing description not only sets forth the nature and object of my invention, but also suggests the mode in which it may best be applied to use. I desire to state, however, that it is not absolutely essential that the fastenin gs should be applied to those parts of the harness to which I have referred 5 neither is it essential that the part B should be employed in connection with the fastenings, nor that the piece G! should be split, nor that the fastenings should consist partly of leather, the chief feature of my invention consistingin the means employed for producing great flexibility, and hence preventing chafing and irritation. I deem it preferable, however, to employ someof the minor features or details of construction to which I have referred, and to those I also intend to make claim, aswill hereinafter appear.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The perforated rubber pouch A, the elastic edge piece, B, the elastic connecting parts 0 U, the bifurcated elastic connecting part 0, and the fastening-straps D D and D, all substantially as specified, and adapting the device for use as a testicle-support for stallions and for attachment to the harness, as set forth.

SERELL TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

F. F. WARNER, GEORGE J. HIsE. 

